Nora Roberts Land Quotes

“In the grand scheme of things, the world doesn’t end when our faults clash because it’s cushioned by love and commitment. Oh”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“The hardest part of growing up was realizing life was nothing like the way she’d imagined it.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“My husband never transformed into a handsome prince. He stayed quite firmly in the reptile family, a chameleon, perhaps? And I’m pretty sure that if I had ever lost a shoe—even if it were priceless, like a limited edition Manolo Blahnik—he wouldn’t have lifted a finger to find it. Why didn’t I see that he was never going to be my prince?”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“Fairy tales, like shoes, come in all shapes and sizes. Frogs turn into princes. Princes assist ladies into glass slippers. And now I’m back to shoes again. Shoes are comforting, right? They haven’t let me down, run around on me, or destroyed”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“his hand”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“But going home? She’d been in New York since starting”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“spoon”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“your”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“She looked over his shoulder at a picture of him shaking hands with Harvey Milk in San Francisco three days before the politician’s death. Her goosebumps intensified. Her grandpa had done so much with his life. He’d interviewed every important American political actor in his storied career. People questioned her about him in hushed tones in New York City. Sometimes she forgot his achievements. To her, he was just her grandpa. But right now he was looking at her like an interview subject. It made her squirm”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“pocket”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“Everything had been”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“Why didn’t I see that he was never going to be my prince?”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“And I bought into it—hook, line, and sinker.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“to the Pa Rum Pa Pum Pum. And dammit, he looked as good”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“We got the horses back and turned two good-for-nothing horse thieves into the sheriff.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“She’d gone cold turkey on Nora’s books a year ago, when her ex-husband, Rick-the-Dick, threw Black Hills at the wall, snarling that her favorite author had given her an unrealistic view of love. “Our marital problems are her fault,” he said. “She’s made you believe in happily ever after—something any adult knows is a myth. Grow up.” Then he packed his custom-tailored suits and slammed out the door of their swanky Manhattan apartment.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“unease grew when she reached the part about their divorce. He hadn’t. Isn’t that why her pulse had started pounding the second she saw the cover? “He broke our agreement not to talk about the divorce.” “Asshole fink. What does it say?” “It says…” Her heart rate doubled as she read the print. She was tempted to put her head between her legs, standing up. “He said we had different ideas about our life together. He wanted to serve a higher good. Give the public information to...improve their lives. Bullshit. Oh, and now he wants to be a public servant in an elected office. He said I wanted a more traditional family with kids—the kind you read about in books—not that he’s against that.” Pain seared her temple at the betrayal even as she wanted to rip apart the magazine. Her old wounds emerged, raw and fresh.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“I’m not asking you to justify yourself, Meredith. I only want to understand. This thing with Richard changed you.” Her”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“okay?”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“I question my own judgment. What happened made me lose confidence in myself.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“But”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“Life always held surprises. But sometimes it fucking hurt. The”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“And he’d seen bodies overcome all odds.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“had her shivering from more than cold. She snapped her fingers. “Bastard.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“the”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“In the grand scheme of things, the world doesn’t end when our faults clash because it’s cushioned by love and commitment.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“First, divorce isn’t the end of your life. It feels like it. It’s a horrible thing to go through, but it’s not the end. It’s only another beginning. Second, some men let you down. Some don’t. Look at the man in front of you and discern the difference. Third, forgive yourself. You were simply learning some important lessons, and that’s okay. Growing is messy. Fourth, when you don’t know what to do, plow ahead. You’ll run into something. I did. Fifth, opening yourself up to another person after your heart was torched, the ashes scattered to the four winds, is one of the bravest acts you can do. Yet, without love, our lives aren’t as radiant as they could be. Mine wasn’t. It’s cliché, but true. Lastly, with a little help from fate—scratch that, sometimes a big help—we make our own happy endings. But it’s a day-by-day process. Never forget that. I don’t plan to this time ‘round.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“The hardest part of growing up was realizing life was nothing like the way she’d imagined it. It was supposed to be easy to find a nice guy and coast into sharing a life together. Just like in Nora’s books.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point in the wrong direction—ouch.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land

“You changed for him because you wanted him to love you. Don’t you see? The more he liked the fake you, the less you liked yourself.”
― Ava Miles, Nora Roberts Land